Surveillance of traumatic firefighter fatalities: An assessment of four systems

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 540-551

  Estes, Chris R ^a   Marsh, Suzanne M ^a   Castillo, Dawn N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BURN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DROWNING; ELECTROCUTION; FALLING; FATALITY; FEMALE; FIRE FIGHTER; FIRE PROTECTION; HEAT EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC FIREFIGHTER FATALITY; ADOLESCENT; FIRE; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051575462     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600410     Document Type: Article

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